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Steve
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:59 pm |
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What do you call a camel with three humps?
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OK, you know that brief period in the late '90s where swing and ska music was literally EVERYWHERE? All over radio, TV commercials, sitcom theme songs, even movies.
The subject of my next graphic novel will be on the swing and ska revival of the late 1990s, as told by the band members that lived it. I'll be interviewing dozens of current and former band members from bands with weird names like Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and then having an artist illustrate this oral history in graphic novel form. I'll be learning all about what really happened during those formative years, as well as what the bands and band members got up to when the craze went away.
I've already gotten in touch with about 17 band members and I only started getting in touch on Friday. This thing's going to be huge (and very entertaining).
I was a huge fan of this style of music in college and so were several of my friends. We had all the CDs and I watched the movie SWINGERS over and over again. What about you all?
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Rick Grubbs
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:03 pm |
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Loved the cool little revival in the 90's and looking forward to reading your novel.
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Beachy
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:09 pm |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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Geff R.
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:13 pm |
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I love Music & hate brickwalled audio
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I prefer the Ellington original of the same title  Johnny Hodges solo on the 1932 original is to die for, imo.
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Momo
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:28 pm |
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A fan of the original swing era, I was a big fan of the swing revival during the 1990s, too. My favorites were the Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Big 6, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, the Royal Crown Revue, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and, of course, the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
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Steve
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:50 pm |
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What do you call a camel with three humps?
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Covering all these plus Reel Big Fish.
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ted262
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:51 pm |
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Sonic Death Monkey
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My sister sang in a ska band out of San Francisco for years (they finally broke up a year or two back). They did put out one CD and I believe they played a few dates on the Warped tour, as well as touring Germany.
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NoURider
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:56 am |
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Crazy 8's from Portland Oregon. Great band. Remember following them from record store to record store where they would perform a short set list from a flatbed on day of the 8's (8-8-88) when they released Big Live NutPack
One of my favorite live albums.
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ericsen
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:11 pm |
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Steve wrote: OK, you know that brief period in the late '90s where swing and ska music was literally EVERYWHERE? All over radio, TV commercials, sitcom theme songs, even movies.
The subject of my next graphic novel will be on the swing and ska revival of the late 1990s, as told by the band members that lived it. I'll be interviewing dozens of current and former band members from bands with weird names like Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and then having an artist illustrate this oral history in graphic novel form. I'll be learning all about what really happened during those formative years, as well as what the bands and band members got up to when the craze went away.
I've already gotten in touch with about 17 band members and I only started getting in touch on Friday. This thing's going to be huge (and very entertaining).
I was a huge fan of this style of music in college and so were several of my friends. We had all the CDs and I watched the movie SWINGERS over and over again. What about you all? Is the group Love Jones considered as part of the 90's swing craze? I really liked their 2 albums Powerful Pain Relief and Here's To The Losers.
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Jason Michael
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:45 pm |
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Are the swing and ska revivals actually the same thing? Were they part of the same scene? I thought the ska revival was an off-shoot of punk, whereas the swing was more mainstream and really part of the early stirrings of what would now be termed "hipster" culture, for lack of a better word. But maybe I'm misremembering, or totally out to lunch, seeing as I live in a snow-covered, gosh-forsaken back-water of about 13,000 people. But I did own a music store during that time. Still could be wrong though. 
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Steve
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:38 pm |
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What do you call a camel with three humps?
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They're related in that there was a lot of bands that crossed over, and they both had horn sections, but you're right that they have different origins and influences. 
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Geff R.
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:28 pm |
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I love Music & hate brickwalled audio
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Jason Michael wrote: Are the swing and ska revivals actually the same thing? Were they part of the same scene? I thought the ska revival was an off-shoot of punk, whereas the swing was more mainstream and really part of the early stirrings of what would now be termed "hipster" culture, for lack of a better word. But maybe I'm misremembering, or totally out to lunch, seeing as I live in a snow-covered, gosh-forsaken back-water of about 13,000 people. But I did own a music store during that time. Still could be wrong though.   to me Ska was punk/hard new wave + reggae.
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Glenn S.
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:46 am |
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I always think of the swing revival as a mostly American thing and the ska movement as more of a British thing, However, No Doubt's early stuff shows a lot of ska influence, so maybe there was more out there than I realized at the time.
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Steve
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:53 pm |
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What do you call a camel with three humps?
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Heard from about 20 band members including the frontmen for both the Squirrel Nut Zippers and Cherry Poppin' Daddies.
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Lawrence Talbot
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Post subject: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:39 am |
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i loved the ska and swing revival of the '90s. It all seemed to occur when surf instrumental had its revival as well as rockabilly. I got into these genres as I was getting tired of grunge, and alternative wasn't doing anything for me at the time. Seems like I was ordering albums from Moon Ska regularly- a favorite band being Skavoovie and the Epitones. If I remember right, it seems the early to mid 90's ska albums were more reggae based whereas later '90s albums mixed ska with a variety of sub-genres.
The swing albums I liked best also mixed in other sub-genres. BadaBing BadaBoom's Vol. II album was a great one. I knew some people who were once heavy into punk that got got heavy into swing, mostly for the culture. They're into bluegrass now, from what I hear- so go figure!
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